> >        How differant is MPE/IX?
>
> Very different, inside. Nearly identical outside from a user perspective,
> unless you look for differences. This you are advised to do -- the new
> commands and facilities can make your life considerably easier, and you'll
> need to learn about the new compilers and so on in order to take maximum
> advantage of your new system. But essentially all your old techniques will
> still work. Some operational differences exist in backup techniques, system
> configuration and the like; you can take the system management and system
> operation courses to learn about these.
 
  I think I am one of the only ones who had to go backwards... from iX to
V.  I was completely lost the first time I used MPE/V.  Everything was
sooo different.  I have to say, I like seeing CiErr instead of CIERR... It's
like MPE/iX is screaming at you or something.  Mixed upper/lower case is
much nicer for UNIX people. :)
 
>
> >        What major problems should I expect?
>
> Finding a better act to follow this one :-). Users will complain that
> things aren't working because they're not used to the computer doing in
> half a second what used to take 10 or 15 seconds. But again, unless you're
> doing something exotic, you should have no problems.
 
  Of course, in my case, I was screaming... the system's locked up????
Why is is taking SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long!!!!!
 
Daniel Kosack